noun

MEANING.

 Lentil

Example of use

Ilanda na cilemba filyo ifyawama saana MEANING  lentils and beans are very nice foods.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST:

busalala, butambo, cipini, kalinso, llanda lya nce or ncesha, lilanda lya nkulu ilyakashika, lilanda lya nkulu ilyabuuta na ilyafiita.

 

PROVERBS.

1. Lilanda lyapona pa mupasa.

Literal translation

It is only a lentil that has fallen from an overloaded basket. (It is not very important.

Meaning 1

Said by a chief who has lost a few warriors in a battle.

Meaning 2

Also said of a death of a person not related to the family).

Bemba Meaning

Ukulufyafye cimofye mpo pafikwato ifingi tacisakarnika nakalya. Nemfumu line teekuti isakamana nga muntufye umo aafwa palukuta Iwaiko

2. Katubi mufwa kwilanda, umwine landa ashala ne misoka.

Literal translation

The glutton died from eating too many beans, and the one who gave them to him was charged with murder.

Meaning

Someone who gets a favour but does not bother to praise the one who gave him the favour

Bemba Meaning

Emuntu uwafunuka; cikulu kuulya; tapoosa namano ukwishiba nokutasha abalemuliisha.